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Date and Time

Location

CF34 0BQ

Office 3 Llynfi Enterprise Centre

Heol Ty Gwyn Industrial Estate

Maesteg, Wales CF34 0BQ

Refund Policy

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

Event description

Description

This course will provide delegates with a solid understand of the essential tools within Microsoft Project. Microsoft Project is a project management software tool that allows managers to graphically plan out a project plan through a Gantt chart. Further to this, it allows for users to set realistic goals for project teams and customers by creating a schedule, managing resources and allocating a budget. This course is designed to equip new user with the basic function within Microsoft Project. The user is taken through every stage of project creation and set-up, including input of tasks, deciding precedence relationships, setting constraints, inputting resources, using calendars, printing and managing the overall progress of the project.

Course Content

Getting started

Input of tasks

Resources

Printing

Precedence relationships

Setting constraints

Lead and lag

Costs

Calendars

Managing the project

You will learn: Environment familiarisation. Accessing help. Setting the start and end date and creating a base project date plan. Inputting task names and their duration using Gantt entry view. Creating a resource list and assigning resources to particular tasks. Printing the project using different manageable views. Specifying predecessors and the form of relationship. Set constraints including; as soon as possible, as late as possible, must start on. Allocate overlapping and delaying tasks using lead and lag tools. Assigning fixed and variable costs to tasks. Modifying base timelines; specify working and non-working days and the length (hours) in the working day. Using resource timelines and calendars. Using tables and filters, displaying free slack, setting the plan, entering task information, comparing planned, planned schedule and actual schedules.